VOL. I, No. 3.] ROCHESTER, HEW YORK, APRIL 1, 1882. [Price, 50 cts. per Year. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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Catalogues of Natural History Specimens.-. 
Hornbills 
A Monster Bivalve 
Boston Society of Natural History — Additions 
Editorial — To Our Readers 
Government Publications 
Sights and Scenes in Lipari: Letter from 
Prof. Ward 
New Minerals. 
Systematic Collections in Mineralogy 
New Rocks 
Arquerite, from British Columbia. 
Stibnite from Japan . 
Geological Charts and Pictures... 
Models of Celebrated Diamonds and Precious 
Stones. 
Geology — Lithology 
General Collections of Rocks 
Microscopic Slides of Knyahinya Meteorite 
Relief Maps and Models 
Geological Models 
Phenomenal Geology.. 
Metamorphism (Poem) 
Palaeontology — Fossils 
Casts of Fossils — Typical Series 
Archaeology and Ethnology — Pottery, Imple- 
ments, etc 
General Notes 
The Cosmic Egg (Poem). 
Invertebrates 
Unnatural History Notes. 
The Black Swan 
A Rare Animal 
To the Gorilla in Rochester University (Poem) 
Gorilla (Illustration) 
Notes on Common Names in Natural History 
A Level Head 
Book Notices ... 
A Much Traveled Walrus.. 
A Great Ornithological Work 
Anatomical Models. 
Lyre Birds 
New Corals 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Eggs of Str uthiones _ ] 
Osteological Abnormalities 
List of Mammals and Birds from the Duke 
of York Islands 
Specimens in Comparative Osteology 
Human Skeletons. 
The Cambridge Elephant (and how he was 
mounted) 
Bulletin of the Nuttall Club A ! ’’ 
Marsupials 
Brachiopods ’ ’ ’ 
Ethnology 
Skulls of Races " .... . 
Removing Grease from Bird Skins" ’ ’ A A 
The Owl Critic (Poem) 
Birds of Paradise ... A A A 
A Celebrated Herbarium.. 
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CATALOGUES 
of Natural History Specimens now on hand 
and for sale: 
lESF” These catalogues are not mere price-lists, and 
contain much interesting matter, and as they are 
intended to be free to our clients, the money paid for 
them will be credited on the first order. To teachers 
expressing an intent soon to purchase specimens, they 
will be sent gratis. 
Price. 
Minerals — 60 pages, $ 20 
Special Collection of Minerals — 40 pages, 10 
Lithology and Geology — 52 pages, 20 
Special Lithological Collection — 25 pages, 10 
Collection of New York State Rocks — 44 
pages, 20 
*Casts of Fossils — 228 pp. ; 284 wood cuts, 1 25 
School Series of Casts — 60 pages; 68 wood 
cuts, : 20 
Academy Series of Casts — 68 pages ; 130 
woodcuts, 30 
*College Series of Casts — 144 pages, 75 
Osteology— 64 pages, 25 
Skins and Mounted Specimens (with Alco- 
holic Specimens) — 104 pages, 40 
North American Birds’ Eggs— 12 pages,.. 10 
Foreign Birds’ Eggs — 12 pages, 10 
Invertebrates — 112 pages; 121 wood cuts, 50 
Human Skeletons and Anatomical Prepa- 
rations — 24 pages, 15 
Glass Models of Invertebrates — 24 pages, 10 
Restoration of Mammoth — 42 pages; Illus- 
trated, 15 
Notice of Megatherium Cuvieri — 34 pages; 
Illustrated,. _ 50 
* See our advertisement on next page for purchase 
of these catalogues. 
For any of the above, address 
Prof. HENRY A. WARD, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Letters concerning Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, 
Address to WARD & HOWELL. 
HORNBILLS. 
Among the skins we have received from New 
Guinea are a number of Hornbills ( Buceros rufi- 
collis). These birds fill the place in the old-world 
Avi-fauna, which in the new world is occupied 
by the Toucans, and on that account are speci- 
ally desirable for museums. 
Male— skin, $ 7 50 
“ mounted specimen, 12 00 
Female— skin, 5 00 
“ mounted specimen, 10 00 
A MONSTER BIVALVE. 
A Tridacna Gigas Presented to .the Mining Bureau. 
The Mining Bureau is again indebted to J. Z. 
Davis for a valuable donation to the State Mu- 
seum. Professor Ward, of Rochester, N. Y., 
arrived lately by the China steamer Rio Janeiro 
from Japan. During a visit to the Mining Bu- 
reau he met Mr. Davis, and in the mention of 
some of his Oriental experiences, told of an im- 
mense bivalve shell, weighing 528 pounds, which 
he had secured as a great prize at Singapore. 
Mr. Davis expressed a wish to present such a 
specimen to the State, and asked the Professor 
to name a price at which he would dispose of it. 
This was done, and instantly accepted by the 
generous friend of the Mining Bureau, and the 
State Museum has become the owner of the mag- 
nificent and rare specimen. 
We take the above item from the San Fran- 
cisco Evening Bulletin of March 2. This shell 
measures 36 inches in long, and 27 inches in short 
diameter. Prof. Ward sent home others of the 
same species {Tridacna gigas), which, though not 
so exceptionally large, are quite as fine. 
The Boston Society of Natural History has 
been adding to its hue museum a number of rep- 
resentative American mammals Their collec- 
tion of birds is very full, and of American birds 
they have an enormous number of duplicates, 
but the museum is weak in mammals of all 
kinds, and we are glad to know it is not long to 
remain so. The Society purchased our baby 
elephant at the exhibition of the S. A. T. in 
Boston, and we are now mounting for it a very 
fine black bear, a Canada lynx, fisher, fox and 
beaver, and other specimens are to follow. Per- 
haps the exhibition of the Taxidermists’ Soeiety 
called attention to the attractiveness of well 
mounted mammals. 
We have recently received from Australia a 
large lot of fcetal marsupials, in alcohol, and 
will give in the next number of the Bulletin a 
list of them — the most complete series ever 
offered. 
Also, fine alcoholic specimens of Ceratodus 
and Ornithorhynchus. 
Please forward at once your subscription fm' the 
Bulletin, as this is the last number which will 
be sent gratis. 
